In This Moment

Poi sang long is the Shan buddhist community celebration of men under twenty ordaining into a novice monk. This ritual is based on a part of Siddhartha Gautama’s life, when he chose to leave everything behind to achieve enlightenment. The ordination would roughly happen every three years or when their is enough boys who are the age of ten and older. “Typically a three-day” ritual, during the months between march and may “just before the rainy season” (Eberhardt, 127). During the ordination…

Everyone is always chasing a dream they have, hoping one day that they will get it or it will come true. Sometimes this might not be the best case because if someone's dream comes true, then what is next? In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a man, Jay Gatsby, who will never attain his dream to be with a girl, Daisy. Fitzgerald shows that unrealistic dreams will not be achieved; they are supposed to be practical and attainable because if dreams are unrealistic, then they will…

landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower, twice. He was a smooth talking man who understood the importance of “looks.” Knowing this, and with his charm, he was able to swindle money out of anyone from the common man to the governments of empires. Throughout his career, he pulled off some of the greatest scams known to con man kind(Maysh). Anybody today who attempted to live this type of lifestyle would have been caught and imprisoned immediately. So how did Victor Lustig get so many people to…

Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said, “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness” (BrainyQuote 1). In Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway has moved into a humble house in West Egg, right next door to the secretive billionaire by the name of Jay Gatsby. Nick acquires an invitation to attend one of Gatsby’s elaborate parties, realizing upon arrival that he is the only one to receive an actual invitation. Later in the novel, Gatsby gets the opportunity to…

Ashley was the first well-known actress to bring bombshell accusations against media mogul Harvey Weinstein in 2017 as the keystone of a New York Times investigation. Ashley says her #MeToo moment with Weinstein began in 1997 when she was making a movie called “Kiss the Girls.” Arriving at what she thought was a business appointment in the public area of the Peninsula Beverly Hills, Ashley was puzzled by Weinstein’s request to have the meeting take place in his private hotel suite. In October…

is the main character in “A Crush”. In the story, Ernie has special needs. On page 70 the text states, “... his mind had not developed with the same perfection”. Later on, Ernie’s mom died. This caused Ernie to move into a home. Because he moved into the group home, Ernie saw Delores for the first time. In this story, Ernie, Dolores, and Dick, all experience change and learn things about themselves. The short story “A Crush” by Cynthia Rylant, uses experiences in order for change to occur.…

Encased in One Although Gatsby tried his hardest to fulfill his goal of the American Dream, the goal became sidetracked when lying, cheating, and his tempting love for Daisy came about; therefore, Gatsby tried to fulfill his dream but made the wrong decisions to reach his goal. In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is the most responsible out of all the characters for his death showing that being too hopeful and confident can prevent a person from reaching the American Dream. Firstly,…

a novel based in the 1920’s, where money and drinking is big in New York city. Tom and Daisy are married, Jordan is Daisy’s best friend and Nick Carraway is Daisy’s cousin, Gatsby is someone Daisy was in love with five years before she married Tom. This novel takes you on a rollercoaster ride filled with emotions as you wonder if Gatsby will ever win back Daisy. Nick changes throughout the novel. When we first meet Nick he is a young man who is innocent yet sees the world from a very uniform…

I’m not really the outgoing type of person so I usually just sit around for 4-5 hours, getting a couple of drinks while he works the party people. This was no different than the others at first. Hours passed, I was sitting there, bored and drinking my second vodka when Axel started the chicken dance, hokey pokey and other songs he put together. This was an awesome bunch and they were real party people so he really had the floor packed. As the line of people…

I believe everyone does, be it consciously or sub-consciously. Personally, I believe it’s healthy for the mind and ones self-esteem. Other however may find it to be a waste of their time or pure “fantasy”. This essay is purely opinionated so don’t take any of this as fact or claim it as fact. Firstly what is escapism? Well google says: “The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.” Which is a…